Sometimes I say things and the words come out in a way I hadn’t intented:
- Like the time a very sophisticated woman came to visit and when she called out “You hoo” from the back door I was on the loo and I yelled out “Just a minute – I was just having a sit” meaning that I was reading a magazine. Unfortunately, she misheard “sit”.
- Like the time I rang for an appointment with my chiropractor brother and said to the new receptionist, “I’m his brother” (I am a female).
- Like the numerous times I have called Anthony “Mother” and my mother “Ants” (and I do the same thing with Ming and Anthony all the time!)
- Like the time I recorded a telephone message on my work phone that ended with me saying “Seeya!” and was reprimanded for sounding unprofessional (I used to get that a lot).
Anyway sometimes the same thing happens with blogging. For example when I first started this blog and I was pressing this button and that button and any button, trying to figure it all out, I accidentally reblogged someone and, when I realized, I immediately trashed it. I have no idea who this was, but now that I am a more seasoned blogger I realize how hurtful and mysterious it would be to be reblogged and trashed in the space of a few minutes!
Then yesterday, when I reblogged a post and then wrote another post to explain why I felt BB’s post and the children’s cause were important, I said a few things about reblogging which may have been misinterpreted because I didn’t express them very well, so I will just add here that (a) I love being reblogged – don’t mind it a bit and find it flattering; (b) I don’t mind reading reblogs at all but often don’t have time; (c) I don’t particularly like to reblog others’ words because I like to write my own.
So I do hope I haven’t made a blogging faux pas as bad as the reblogging+trashing incident. And if you happen to be the person I unwittingly did this to, I apologize and promise to be your brother for life!
jmgoyder 